By Pat Donovan

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Environmentalist Frederick Stoss,
associate librarian and subject specialist for biological and
environmental sciences and mathematics at the University at
Buffalo, has received the first Friend of the Biblioteca Nacional
Aruba (BNA, National Library of Aruba) Award for his work with the
BNA in green education programming and for helping to create the
library’s Caribbean Energy, Environmental, and Sustainability
Program.

The award was made at the third annual Green Education Symposium
Aruba, held April 7-11 at Cas di Cultura in Oranjestad, Aruba, and
attended by more than 2,700 students and experts in many aspects of
ecological science and sustainability.

The theme of this year’s symposium, “Sustainable
Food Supply,” addressed students’ concerns about
nutrition, health, sustainable production and recycling. This year,
Aruba imported virtually all of its food.

The event was sponsored by a number of environmental and
educational organizations, as well as publicly held Aruban
corporations. The opening talk was delivered by Mike G. Eman, prime
minister of Aruba.

Stoss has been a dedicated environmental researcher and advocate
since his student days. He holds degrees in biology, zoology and
information studies, has conducted a decade of research in
toxicology and environmental health, and has dedicated his
professional life to sustainability research and environmental
advocacy,

As a graduate student, he built the first national acid rain
database from the ground up. That project led to his work as a
co-editor for “Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global
Change,” the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s
award-winning comprehensive global climate change reference work,
where he worked while conducting research with the University of
Tennessee.

He has more than 100 articles and more than 100 professional
presentations in the areas of environmental science and library
science to his credit and has been cited as a climate leader in the
United States by the Climate Reality Project, which is dedicated to
unleashing a global cultural movement demanding action on the
climate crisis.

Stoss has planned, written and presented many programs on
sustainability for the American Library Association, and has served
on the editorial and advisory boards of the Book Industry
Environmental Council, Blackwell’s Abstracts on Hygiene and
Communicable Diseases (CABI), and Electronic Green
Journal.

Is September he was invited to present a lecture on the
“Role of STEM Data and Information in an Environmental
Decision-making Scenario: The Case of Climate Change,” for
the Science-Based Policy Development in the Environment, Food,
Health and Transport Sectors Symposium at the American Chemical
Society’s National Meeting.

His honors include the Outstanding Member Award, Environment and
Resources Management Division, Special Libraries Association.